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What We're Reading - February 2026
 


Editor's Note:  All of us are confronted with more material than we can possibly hope to digest  each month.  However, that doesn't mean that we should miss some of the articles that appear in the public media on topics of interest to the epi community.  Moving forward, the EpiMonitor will curate a list of some of the best articles we've encountered in the past month.  See something you think others would like to read?  Please send us a link at info@epimonitor.net and we'll add it to the list.

 

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A Plan to Restore Trust in Science From a ‘Fringe Epidemiologist’ (NYT)

            https://tinyurl.com/mv93zprm

  HHS Public Health Policy Actions Under the Trump Administration 2025-2026 (KFF)
            https://tinyurl.com/4n9ab28f
Some Public Health Service officers deployed in detention centers suffer 'moral distress' (NPR  & Miami Herald - Audio)
            https://tinyurl.com/yn89zncw         https://tinyurl.com/mw4zybcf
  National Institutes of Health Director Bhattacharya to temporarily run CDC after shake-up (Bloomberg via AppleNews)
               https://tinyurl.com/4x3r6dtv
  White House, RFK Jr. shake up health leadership after controversies (WAPO via AppleNews)
               https://tinyurl.com/45vc485x
  Bhattacharya’s growing power in Trump’s HHS worries health experts (The Hill)
               https://tinyurl.com/2zpxf56v
  Another C.D.C. Vaccine Skeptic Steps Down (NYT & CNN)
               https://tinyurl.com/4z2bes53        https://tinyurl.com/2de92r5x
     
  U.S. rejection of new mRNA flu vaccine 'sends chills,' epidemiologist says (PBS - Video)
               https://tinyurl.com/jj5fk6r8
     
  Trump tried to troll Greenland’s free public health care system with U.S. Navy hospital ships still in dock. ‘It’s a no thank you from here,’ PM says (Fortune)
               https://tinyurl.com/yp48xeby
     
    Public Health Topics
     
  Proximity to nuclear power plants associated with increased cancer mortality (Harvard SPH)
               https://tinyurl.com/2p9z68eh
     
  The biostatisticians who drive medical research (Texas Public Radio - Audio)
               https://tinyurl.com/aaj6tjdk
     
  UC Irvine-led team creates first cell type-specific gene regulatory maps for Alzheimer's disease (UC Irvine News)
               https://tinyurl.com/yc6j62b2
     
  U.S. Nears 1,000 Measles Cases in 2026 — Largest Outbreak in a Generation (Newswise)
               https://tinyurl.com/5n6uespu
     
  2 cases of tuberculosis detected at El Paso ICE facility (Texas Tribune via AppleNews)
               https://tinyurl.com/3nx757fk
     
  4 Months Trapped in a Hospital for an Obsolete Way of Treating Their Disease (NYT)
               https://tinyurl.com/2zbuxcsa
     
  Is autism preventable in certain cases after all? Some scientists say yes. (WAPO via AppleNews)
               https://tinyurl.com/3c7vh267
     
  Flu reaches highest level in the US in 25 years (CNN)
               https://tinyurl.com/y5mcn3dx
     
  Scientists say these two viruses may become the next public health threats (Univ FL)
               https://tinyurl.com/3e5aynxa
     

 

 

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